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Some Famous Mothers Facts For MOTHER'S DAY!
May 13th 2007 00:01
Bobbie McCaughey is the mother who holds the record for the most surviving children from a single birth. She gave birth to the first set of surviving septuplets - 4 boys and 3 girls on November 19, 1997, at the University Hospital, Iowa, US. Conceived by in vitro fertilization, the babies were delivered after 31 weeks by caesarean in the space of 16 minutes. The babies are named Kenneth, Nathaniel, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Natalie and Alexis.
Jayne Bleackley is the mother who holds the record for the shortest interval between two children born in separate pregnancies. She gave birth to Joseph Robert on September 3, 1999, and Annie Jessica Joyce on March 30, 2000. The babies were born 208 days apart.
Elizabeth Ann Buttle is the mother who holds the record for the longest interval between the birth of two children. She gave birth to Belinda on May 19,1956 and Joseph on November 20, 1997. The babies were born 41 years 185 days apart. The mother was 60 years old when her son Joseph was born.
The highest officially recorded number of children born to one Russian mother is 69. Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 pregnancies, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. 67 of them survived infancy.
The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Leontina claims to be the mother of 64 children, of which only 55 of them are documented. She is listed in the 1999 Guinness World Records but dropped from later editions.
Katherine Hepburn's father was a surgeon and her mother was a dedicated suffragette and early crusader for birth control.
James McNeill Whistler's best known painting, often called "Whistler's Mother," is actually titled "Arrangement in Black and Gray: The Artist's Mother."
Bette Nesmith Graham, mother to Mike Nesmith, one of the Monkee's, was the inventor of Liquid Paper correction fluid. She sold the rights to the Gillette Corporation in 1979 for $47.5 million and when she died in 1980, she left half of her fortune to her son.
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Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner
all I can say is WOW!
I had no idea about many of these facts...although I did know about Bette Nesbitt...
Where would we all be without white-out eh?
LOL
Great post!
Take care,
Nick
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
My word these facts are AMAZING! I am still scraping my jaw off the floor and read them out to everyone too! I love these titbits of information.
Great post!
ash
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I don't even want to think about how a 5 year old gets impregnated. Nothing against this post, but the whole article makes me want to cross my legs.
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Comment by Remmie
That's just sad. :c